Michael Jenkins

group such as al-Qaida or the Islamic State but is actually dealing with someone inserted by the FBI, said Brian MichaelJenkins , a terrorism expert at the RAND Corp. In investigating the Dec. 2 massacre in San Bernardino, the FBI said it

connected to one of the groups in Syria — were they homegrown terrorists or were they returning fighters?" said Brian MichaelJenkins , a terrorism expert. ___ Associated Press writers Raphael Satter, Thomas Adamson, Lori Hinnant, Angela Charlton